NECESSITY,
FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 150.025(1) authorizes the department to promulgate
administrative regulations to establish seasons for the taking of fish and
wildlife, to regulate bag limits, creel limits, and methods of take, and to
make these requirements apply to a limited area. This administrative regulation
establishes the areas where commercial fishing is allowed.

Section
1. Rivers and Creeks. (1) The rivers and creeks established in paragraphs (a)
through (q) of this subsection shall be open to commercial fishing pursuant to
301 KAR 1:146 and 1:155:

(a)
Barren River from its junction with Green River upstream to Greencastle,
Kentucky;

(b)
Cumberland River from its junction with the Ohio River upstream to the Highway
62 bridge;

(c)
Eagle Creek from its junction with the Kentucky River upstream to the Highway
22 bridge in Grant County;

(d)
Green River from its junction with the Ohio River upstream to 200 yards below
Lock and Dam 6;

(e)
Highland Creek from its junction with the Ohio River upstream to the Rock Ford
Bridge in Union County;

(f)
Kentucky River from its junction with the Ohio River upstream to the junction
of the North and Middle Forks of Kentucky River;

(g)
North Fork of the Kentucky River from its junction with the Kentucky River
upstream to the mouth of Walker's Creek;

(h)
South Fork of the Kentucky River from its junction with the Kentucky River
upstream to the mouth of Cow Creek;

(i)
Licking River from its junction with the Ohio River upstream to a point
directly adjacent to Highway 111 on the Bath and Fleming Counties line;

(j)
Mississippi River from the mouth of the Ohio River downstream to the Tennessee
line;

(k)
Ohio River from its junction with the Mississippi River upstream to the West
Virginia state line except those segments of the river that extend below the
following locks and dams where slat baskets are the only piece of commercial
gear allowed, except for the first 200 yards below the dam pursuant to KRS
150.445:

1.
Lock and Dam 53 downstream to a line perpendicular with the end of the longest
lock wall including the circular cell portion;

2.
Lock and Dam 52 downstream to a line perpendicular with the end of the longest
lock wall including the circular cell portion;

3.
Smithland Dam downstream to a line perpendicular to the end of the outer lock
wall;

4.
J.T. Myers Dam downstream to a line perpendicular to the end of the outer lock
wall and that portion of the split channel around the southern part of Wabash
Island from the fixed weir dam to the first dike;

5.
Newburgh Dam downstream to a line perpendicular to the end of the outer lock
wall;

6.
Cannelton Dam downstream to a line perpendicular to the end of the outer lock
wall;

7.
McAlpine Dam downstream to the K&I railroad bridge;

8.
Markland Dam downstream to a line perpendicular to the end of the outer lock
wall;

9.
Meldahl Dam downstream to a line perpendicular to the end of the outer lock
wall; and

10.
Greenup Dam downstream to a line perpendicular to the end of the outer lock
wall;

(l)
Pond River from its junction with the Green River upstream to the Highway 62
bridge;

(m)
Panther Creek from its junction with the Green River upstream to the head of
the creek;

(n)
Rough River from its junction with the Green River upstream to the Highway 69
bridge at Dundee, Kentucky;

(o)
Tennessee River from its junction with the Ohio River upstream to River Mile
17.8;

(p)
Tradewater River from its junction with the Ohio River upstream to the Highway
365 bridge; and

(q)
Salt River from its junction with the Ohio River upstream to the northwestern
boundary of Ft. Knox.

(2)
Lakes. The following lakes shall be open to commercial fishing, but not above
the first shoal or riffle upstream from the impounded or standing pool of the
lake in any main or tributary stream except as specified in subsection (3) of
this section:

(a)
Barkley;

(b)
Herrington; and

(c)
Kentucky.

(3)
Exceptions.

(a)
Cumberland Lake shall be closed to commercial fishing above the confluence of
Koger Creek on the Big South Fork Tributary.